Wichita eagle., 1887-09-18
THECAREY HOTEL,
The Finest in the State, ana NOW
Ready for Use.
Costing s120, 900. and in Every Re
spect in Keeping with the Me
tropolis Of Kansas.

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II can now be stated: that the Carey hotel
is completed. 1t is located On the southwest
corner Of Douglas and Fourth avenue, with
! a front on Douglas avenue OF one hundred
feet and q front on Fourth avenue OF one
hundred and twenty feet. The foundation
walls are six and eight feet thick, and OF the
hest of foundation stone. The walls are oil
ST Louis pressed brick, heavily trimmed
\ with Cottonwood stone. The building is five
stories high WITH basement. In every re-
spect il is the finest hotel IN the state, and
| Capt. Carey reports the cost as being not less
! than $4,000.
| Work was commenced in July OF last year
and it was thought then that it would be
| completed by the following June but
the work was prosecuted as fast a'
| possible. and the noise of the work was
heard in that vicinity for over fourteen
months.
The building is divided into one hundred
and thirty rooms for guests, besides parlors,
ming rooms, Offices and other rooms neces-
sarv for a first-class hotel. Every room Is
upplied with steam heating, gas fixtures
and electric return call bells. A few days
ago all apparatus was carefully examined
and found to be flrst-class in every partic-
ular and in first-class condition ready Tor
use. On every floor are bath rooms sup
plied with hot and cold water. Hose on
every floor sufficient 70 reach each room for
extinguishing fire.
In the basement are the laundry, drying
rooms. engines and boilers, barber shop,
billiard rooms and some Of the
smaller offices. In the south
east corner of the first floor is dining room
50xeO feet adjoining on the north the main
Office 5Ox6O feet; reading room fronting on
Douglas avenue 2Ox40 feet, and other depart
meDts.
On the second floor is the ladies parlor and
rooms for guests. The third, fourth and
fifth floors is devoted to rooms for guests.
The wood work of the office, dining room
and reading room is of the best quality OF
oak with oil finish. The stairway is OF oak,
ten feet wide leading from the first to the
fifth floor.
The brick work was done by Hartle q
Company. Stone work by Wood & Brown.
Stone cutting by White & Thompson. Wood
work by W. q. Sternberg Plumbing by
Wichita Plumbing, Pump & Supply company.
Painting by Lee & Viele. Sash and doors.
furnished by the Wichita Sash and Door
company. AS will be seen from the above,
all the work was done by Wichita companies,
clearly demonstrating that Wichita con-
tractors can put up the finest buildings in
the state.
PLUMBING.
The steam job is so arranged that by
m cans Of an equilaterial valve five pound
pressure is all that is necessary to heat the
entire building. The valve determines that
the building shall be heated by low pressure
W lille the boilers from which the steam Is
taken carry a high pressure for pumping
The pipes are so arranged that they are per
fectly noiselesS and the condensed returns &c
a receiver from which it is pumped into the
boilers. In the spring and fall when little
heat is needed the exhaust steam from The
pumps furnishes steam for heating the build
ing. All the radiators in the building are
handsomely bronzed. The halls and every
room is supplied with gas fixtures which
give facil tiles for lighting the building very
nicely.
In the basement are two large boilers sixteen
feet long and four feet in diameter, which
furnish all TIE steam used in the building fol-
the 8. various purposes. The water
for the building is taken from
four two inch pipes thirty feet deep.
These are connected by one suction pipe to q
steam pump and elevated to lead lined
tank on the roof holding 1880 gallons and
when it overfows goes to the roof and does
not damage the buildin ing. Under the tank is
lead lined safe to catch water in case of &C
cident, which drains to the roof. This tank
supplies the whole house for all purposes.
The marble wash stand is fourteen feet
long, two feet wide and made of two-inch
Italian marble, oval bowls, hung on nickle
plate brackets with nickle plated traps, sup
plies and vent pipes. Lavatories and bath
rooms on all floors.
The plumbing was superintendent
By Mr.. J. Giles Smith in
person and is so arranged that it is thorough
ly ventilated, every separate trap has thor
ough ventilation. 1t is pronounced through
out a complete job of plumbing.
In the Office is an alcove drinking fountain
so arranged that ice cold water may be
drawn perpetually. The fountain is nickel
and a decidedly nice piece Of furniture. Ice
water is secured by means of block of tir
pipe one hundred feet long coiled in a lead
lined box, which is packed in meneral wool
Ice is placed in the box and on top Of
coil giving the water temperature Of about
thirty-four degrees without water coming il
contract with the ice.
The building is supplied with an hydraulic
Hale elevator There is : large tank in tn,
basement and also a large one on the roof
| aside from the one formerly mentioned. The
lower tank is filed with water. The steam
pump is attached to both tanks which take:
, the lower to the upper tank. When thu
water in the upper tank sinks to q certain
point float attached to the steam puml
hoists the same water into the upper tank
where it is again ready for use.
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